Courses

Rainbow Montessori Pre-School offers various environments such as:

Pottery

Practical Life

Three main categories:

Manipulative skills
Self-development
Care of environment

Sensorial

Development of the 5 senses:

Sight
Touch
Hearing
Taste
Smell

Language

Earliest language activities prepare the child for writing and reading, enriching his-her existing speaking skills. The child is provided with the bridge between the spoken and the written word. The key activity that introduces writing is presented to the child.

The manipulative skills of handwriting are gradually developed through tactile tracing of the alphabet as well as the use of shapes.

Mathematics

Organized into five groups:

Introduction to units of quantity
Introduction to the decimal system
Experience with the decimal system
Material with demonstration of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Transition to abstract concepts

Cultural activities

Geography: land and water, globes, maps, places
Nature Studies: animals, plants, matter and energy, air, water, magnetism, gravity, sounds, optics
History: past and present, time line

After care

Pick up and drop off service

Holiday programs

Extra mural activities

Computer skills

Pottery

Monkeynastix

Children are born to move and through Monkeynastix we encourage them to explore and discover through their senses and their bodies. This is a fun and exciting movement education programme.

Kindergym

(3 to 6 years and toddlers 2 to 3)

Play ball

(3 to 6 years and toddlers 2 to 3)

At playball, we coach a wide range of activities which will improve your child's movement and sporting ability. It increases your child's self image - ensuring that they have confidence.

We are located:

Pretoria (Brooklyn), RSA

218 Main Street

Aftercare facilities available

Tel: (012) 346 5887

Tel: (012) 346 5525

French version
coming soon

Events

Opening hours

07h00 to 13h30 (Aftercare available from 13h30)

Semesters 2007

Wed 11.04.07 - Fri 22.06.07

Mon 16.07.07 - Fri 21.09.07

Mon 01.10.07 - Fri 07.12.07

Holiday programmes

During school holidays, the school offers the following Holiday Programmes:

Winter: from Mon 25.06.07 - Fri 13.07.07 incl.

Spring: from Tues 25.09.07 - Fri 28.09.07 incl.

Summer: from Mon 10.12.2007 - close year end

Public Holidays

Wed 21 March Human Right's

Fri 6 April Good Friday

Mon 9 April Family Day

Fri 27 April Freedom Day

Tues 1 May Worker's Day

Sat 16 June Youth Day

Thurs 9 August Women's Day

Mon 24 Sept Heritage Day

Mon 17 Dec Reconciliation Day

Year 2008

School starts again on Wednesday 9 January 2008

"My child's speech has advanced a lot and his social skills also improved dramatically while attending Rainbow Montessori Pre-School."

Mrs MS Guerin
(Parent)